The theme of this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is ATOP.
Last June a Red Shouldered Hawk frequented our garden over a several day period. Here it is atop one of the bird feeders, looking to assert its position atop the local food chain.
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About johnvic8
John Viccellio retired after 24 years in the U. S. Navy and began to dig into gardening when he could finally land in one place. He completed the Master Gardener course in 1992 and has since designed and constructed two of his own gardens. He wrote a monthly garden column for ten years and was a regular contributor to Carolina Gardener magazine. John published his first book, Guess What's in My Garden!, in 2014.
He lives in a retirement community in Matthews, NC.
A Walk in the Garden 
Now that’s what I would like to see at my bird feeder!!
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I’m afraid you wouldn’t have many other birds there with this predator around.
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So true……maybe only for a brief moment to get the picture….. then he could leave….
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Wow! Great pic. I love how the hawk is looking down at the bird feeder like that’s it, that’s all they eat.
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Right, that hawk was looking for some meat to eat…not seeds.
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Love the conversation as much as the amazing picture! Never seen a predator so low in height n morale😉
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It visited our garden several times. See this short video of its first visit: https://johnsviccellio.com/2016/05/31/an-unexpected-visitor/
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Great capture!
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This was very rare occurrence.
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